2018 Senate Bill 848 ↩

Senate Roll Call 436: Passed

The “omnibus” non-education state government budget for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1, 2018. This authorizes $39.937 billion in spending, up from $38.786 billion authorized the year before. Of this amount, $20.847 billion is federal money, and $19.091 billion comes from state taxpayers. The education budget (including K-12, community colleges and state universities) is in House Bill 5579 and proposes spending another $16.843 billion. All told, the legislature authorizes $56.780 billion next year, vs. $53.667 billion originally approved for the current year.